Back معركة قرطاجنة (461) Arabic Batalla de Cartagena (460) Catalan Schlacht bei Cartagena (460) German Batalla de Cartagena (460) Spanish Bataille de Carthagène (460) French Batalla de Cartaxena (461) Galician Battaglia di Cartagena (461) Italian Slag bij Cartagena Dutch Bitka kod Cartagene (461) Serbo-Croatian
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| Battle of Cartagena | |||||||
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| Part of the Fall of the Roman Empire and Roman–Germanic Wars | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Carthaginensis_Portus_Ilicitanus.png) Although the battle took place on the coast of the province Carthaginensis (green), it was not in the provincial capital Cartagena itself, but 40 nautical miles away in Portus Ilicitanus (Santa Pola) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Vandals | Western Roman Empire | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 300 ships[5][6][7][4] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Cartagena occurred on May 13, 460[1][5][2][6][7][3][8] or 461[4] and was part of the wars of Majorian. Although many sources call it battle of Cartagena, the battle did not take place at Cartagena but on the coast of Roman Carthaginensis province at Portus Ilicitanus (today Santa Pola)[1][2][4] in the bay of Alicante.[7] Since Portus Ilicitanus was the port of Elche (Ilici), the battle is sometimes referred as battle of Elche.[1][3]
460: Eo anno captae sunt naves a Vandalis ad Elecem juxta Carthaginem Spartariam.
— Marius Aventicensis, Chronica de obispo de Aventicum
- ^ a b c d Ian Hughes: Gaiseric - The Vandal Who Destroyed Rome, pages 61, 95 and 151–165. Pen and Sword, Barnsley 2017
- ^ a b c Michael Kulikowski: Late Roman Spain and Its Cities, page 191. JHU Press, Baltimore 2010
- ^ a b c John Powell: Magill's Guide to Military History, Vol. 3, page 936. Salem Press, Ipswich 2001
- ^ a b c d Peter Heather: The Fall of the Roman Empire - A New History of Rome and the Barbarians, page X. Oxford University Press, New York 2005
- ^ a b Tony Jaques: Dictionary of Battles and Sieges, Vol. 1 (A-E), page 205. Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport/London 2007
- ^ a b Simon MacDowall: Conquerors of the Roman Empire - The Vandals, page X. Pen and Sword, Barnsley 2016
- ^ a b c Britannica.com: Majorian - Roman emperor
- ^ Brill Online: Ilici